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Originally Posted by Jacks
Really not a fan of Polievre, was fully intending to vote Liberal which I didn't think was possible a few months ago.
Now I'm seeing that the Libs are planning to rack up an additional 225 billion in debt while cutting taxes which is just stupid. That also includes 20 billion in tariff revenue this year alone that may not even be a thing depending on what the orange idiot decides to do next. Also depends on them finding tens of billions in "increased efficiency". So likely we'll see an additional 300+ billion in debt by the time the dust settles.
May not vote for the first time ever.
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There are only two choices for who can win. Unfortunately there's not going to be some perfect choice who falls from the sky in the next week, so the unavoidable reality is that either Carney or Poilievre will be the next PM.
Given that reality, I think it's fair to look at these two and ask ourselves which one is the better option for the next 4 years. Do we want to take the country in a direction similar to the one the US has gone down? Or do we want a sensible, level-headed man to lead us as we deal with the challenges facing us right now?
Do we want a career politician who relies on simplistic sloganeering and obsesses over Justin Trudeau and the past 10 years? That's not what I want. I want a leader whose eyes are focused on the future, and has a real plan to move us forward.
Do we want to embrace far-right extremism? I hope not. I hope we prefer to take a balanced approach to solving our problems.
Do we want our Charter rights to be circumvented? I hope not. As a country, I hope we understand that we can't solve our problems by reacting to them in impulsive ways.
Perhaps most importantly of all, do we want a PM who shares much of his ideology with Donald Trump? I hope we're better than that. I hope we choose a man who stands up for Canada against the threats facing us, while also standing up for the things that makes our country great in the first place: we look out for one another, we protect the environment, and we understand that, as Canadians, we are all in this together.
Yes we will have budget deficits in the coming years, but the reality is it's unavoidable regardless of whether Carney or PP wins the election. They are both promising tax cuts, combined with ambitious plans to tackle our housing crisis and boost defense spending, and that means big deficits no matter who the PM is. If anything, the deficits will be larger under Poilievre's plan, due to larger tax cuts. Between the two, Carney is the one with the financial know-how to get us on a better fiscal long-term path.
So with all this in mind, I hope that you'll take this election as an opportunity to reject PP and his dangerous agenda, and vote for the one person who can stop him from sending this country down a very dark path.
